In August, Indian officials had formally requested Pakistani authorities to facilitate the return of Sarabjit’s clothes and other belongings - retained by officials of Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore – to his family.

The administration of Kot Lakhpat Jail has already transferred the items to the Interior Ministry.

"We have handed a copy of the Holy Quran, three other holy books in Hindi, a rosary, five sets of clothes, a sleeping mattress, a pitcher, a blanket and shoes to the Interior Ministry," an unnamed jail official said.

The move came after Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur requested Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to bring back his belongings.

Following this, New Delhi requested Islamabad to return his belongings and the money he had earned doing prison work.

On May 2, Sarabjit succumbed to head injuries he sustained when several prisoners attacked him within the jail. Sarabjit had been sentenced to death for allege involvement in a string of bombings in 1990. India had maintained that Sarabjit, a farmer from a village located along the border, had strayed into Pakistan in an inebriated condition.